Thought Leadership

Oxford HR worked with Fiona Greig, CEO of Link Education, in 2020 in the search for their Ethiopia Country Representative. This was already a challenging recruitment and the process was further complicated by the global outbreak of Covid-19. Oxford HR also worked with Sabre Education in the search for their new CEO…

“I’m running on empty”, “I’m so drained”.   It’s highly likely that you have experienced moments of very low energy and noticed that on these days everything seems to be much more complicated. It’s hard to think clearly, to make (the right) decisions and even harder to take on challenges and bounce back from difficulties. As a…

The best thing about becoming a funder is that people have started laughing at my jokes … The relationship between funders and grantees is asymmetrical. One person needs money, the other has money. I should know. I’ve been on both sides of the divide. After twelve years as a fundraising…

Georgie is Head of Communications and External Affairs at Reall & was recruited by Oxford HR into the role in 2019. To find out more about Reall, click here. Today is World Cities Day and it’s clear that the future is urban. By 2050 more than two thirds of the…

Our Associate Principal Consultant, Ana, based in Portugal, featured in the NGO Whisperer with an article on Performance Management.Performance management is an integral part of ensuring organisations are meeting their strategic and programmatic objectives, at an organisational and individual level. On an organisational level, performance management and evaluation systems look…

COVID-19 has disrupted traditional work patterns beyond recognition, with more people working from home than ever before during the height of the lockdown. This has led many analysts to ask: what does the future of work look like? Will there be a flexible working revolution, or will the situation return…

“My fondness for colours led me to an interest in art. As a child, I drew almost everything I saw!  Once in school, as I was pondering over my self made family portrait unsure what I should fill skin colour with - sensing some confusion, my teacher instructed me to…